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Definition of mud turtle in English: mud turtlenoun Any of a number of drab-coloured freshwater turtles that often haul themselves out on to mudbanks. 泥龟，鳖，甲鱼，尤指 an Asian softshell (genera Lissemys and Pelochelys, family Trionychidae). an African side-necked turtle (genus Pelusios, family Pelomedusidae). an American turtle with scent glands that produce an unpleasant odour (genus Kinosternon, family Kinosternidae). Example sentencesExamples - Cypress trunk flutings and druidlike knees rise everywhere, and mud turtles paddle clumsily through the talmin-mirrored waters.
- He describes the tiny black seeds, vividly, as being like ‘diminutive mud turtles with head and neck outstretched and projections at the corners where the feet would emerge beneath the carapace’.
- In 2002, the Arizona Game and Fish Department began working to develop a conservation agreement for the Sonoyta mud turtle, which is a candidate for listing under the Endangered Species Act.
- Some, such as the yellow mud turtle, burrow deeper into the soil shortly after hatching, finding safety below the frost line.
- Suspended languidly in the water, a Sonoran mud turtle poked about slowly, ‘going nowhere in plenty of time,’ as N. Scott Momaday would say.
Definition of mud turtle in US English: mud turtlenoun Any of a number of drab-colored freshwater turtles that often haul themselves out on to mudbanks. 泥龟，鳖，甲鱼，尤指 an American turtle with scent glands that produce an unpleasant odor (genus Kinosternon, family Kinosternidae) an African side-necked turtle (genus Pelusios, family Pelomedusidae) an Asian soft-shell (genera Lissemys and Pelochelys, family Trionychidae) Example sentencesExamples - Cypress trunk flutings and druidlike knees rise everywhere, and mud turtles paddle clumsily through the talmin-mirrored waters.
- Some, such as the yellow mud turtle, burrow deeper into the soil shortly after hatching, finding safety below the frost line.
- Suspended languidly in the water, a Sonoran mud turtle poked about slowly, ‘going nowhere in plenty of time,’ as N. Scott Momaday would say.
- In 2002, the Arizona Game and Fish Department began working to develop a conservation agreement for the Sonoyta mud turtle, which is a candidate for listing under the Endangered Species Act.
- He describes the tiny black seeds, vividly, as being like ‘diminutive mud turtles with head and neck outstretched and projections at the corners where the feet would emerge beneath the carapace’.
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